A simple walk through Washington, DC, to view the
significant monuments, memorials, and artifacts found in our
Nation's capital, began a profound journey of personal
discovery and renewal for Newt Gingrich, one of America's
most influential politicians and commentators. His first
stop was the National Archives, where the immortal words
from the Declaration of Independence that we "are endowed by
our Creator with certain unalienable rights" jumped off the
page and into his heart. From day one in our country's
history, the Author of freedom was not the state nor even
the Founding Fathers. Our basic human rights and freedoms,
which have been the spark for all of America's
accomplishments and greatness, were - and are -
"Creator-endowed." Gingrich sounds a clarion call for us to
recognize that the life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
that we hold so dear are inseparable from a sincere and
humble acknowledgement that these gifts are only the
Creator's to give.